OEMs control EV battery specs for the moment, but fleets eventually will be able to specify different chemistries and battery types for their battery-electric trucks based on their needs.
April 11, 2022
Electric trucks will redefine how we move freight, but will the addition of a few tons of batteries demand a redesign of the vehicle itself? Find out.
November 24, 2021
Dropping diesel powertrains for battery-electric means there will be fewer parts to worry about, but procedures will change and new maintenance intervals will be needed.
September 27, 2021
Wireless charging by WiTricity for medium-duty and last mile delivery trucks is here now and it works, says WiTricity Chief Marketing Officer Amy Barzdukas.
September 22, 2021
Tire designs for electric trucks will need to account for greater stresses from weight and torque — but they will need to remain interchangeable with existing tires and be retreadable.
September 9, 2021
In an interview with HDT, Volvo Group's CTO Lars Stenqvist explains his company's strategy for integrating hydrogen into a decarbonized supply chain.
May 14, 2021
What do you need to know about hydrogen fuel cells? Fuel-cell supplier Loop Energy has been around for nearly 20 years, so HDT Talks Trucking asked Loop President and CEO Ben Nyland.
November 16, 2020
How fuel-cell-equipped trucks could put to work otherwise unexploited clean energy.
October 19, 2020
Mack makes a major move into the electric truck market on the streets of New York City.
January 27, 2020
Cummins is stepping up the fight against climate change and pollution with a series of short- and long-term goals that will produce reductions waste from its manufacturing facilities worldwide as well as strategies to reduce the carbon footprint from its internal combustion engine products.
November 17, 2019
Rick Mihelic, director of future technology studies for the North American Council of Freight Efficiency (NACFE), talks with Equipment Editor Jim Park on the economics of truck batteries.
October 22, 2019
Thinking of going electric? There's more to worry about than the price of the trucks and the weight of the batteries.
October 9, 2019
Battery- and fuel-cell-powered electric trucks are new to the market. Can different technologies find a home, or will a single winner emerge?
September 4, 2019
Trucking shouldn't waste time on pipe-dreams like platooning and autonomous trucks and instead focus on improving logistics and making the trade appeal to young people, said Hendrickson's Jeff Sass while speaking at the Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange in Phoenix.
May 16, 2019
Nikola's new hydrogen-electric tractor features scads of new technology. It's truly new from the ground up and drivers assigned to such trucks certainly won't be suffering.
April 24, 2019
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